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Document ternary operators, closes #14959
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Fix formatting of operators in documentation
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Update lib/elixir/pages/references/operators.md
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Expand Up @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Operator | Associativity
`*` `/` | Left
`+` `-` | Left
`++` `--` `+++` `---` `..` `<>` | Right
`//` (valid only inside `..//`) | Right
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Do we need it here if it is only valid as part of ternary operator?

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Because precedence still applies with operators outside of the ternary.

`in` `not in` | Left
`\|>` `<<<` `>>>` `<<~` `~>>` `<~` `~>` `<~>` | Left
`<` `>` `<=` `>=` | Left
Expand All @@ -29,11 +30,18 @@ Operator | Associativity
`\|\|` `\|\|\|` `or` | Left
`=` | Right
`&`, `...` | Unary
`=>` (valid only inside `%{}`) | Right
`\|` | Right
`::` | Right
`when` | Right
`<-` `\\` | Left
`=>` (valid only inside `%{}`) | None

Elixir also has two ternary operators:

Operator | Associativity
---------------------------------------------- | -------------
`first..last//step` | Right
`%{map \| key => value, ...}` | None

## General operators

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